Memphis to try mediation to move a statue of Confederate Gen. Forrest Ryan Poe , USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee Published 5:59 p.m. CT Nov. 21, 2017 | Updated 6:29 p.m. CT Nov. 21, 2017 October 3, 2017 - During a meeting at City Hall on Tuesday, City Council attorney Allan Wade suggested the issue of the immediate removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Jefferson Davis Confederate monuments should be continued until October 17, four days following the Tennessee Historical Society's meeting "to give them the opportunity to do the right thing." (Photo: Yalonda

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